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Madonna celebrates her 50th birthday

Madonna celebrated her 50th birthday in style last night as she attended a party thrown in her honor with husband Guy Ritchie.

Protective Guy held onto his wife's arms as they headed into the venue.

Madonna - wearing thigh boots, a partially transparent chiffon dress and her Kabbalah bracelet - looked positively radiant as she smiled for photographers.

The night before the couple had attended a service at a Kabbalah centre in Marylebone.

Perhaps the Queen of Pop was giving thanks for her glittering career or maybe she was praying for Mercy, the little girl whom she is hoping to adopt from Malawi.

Earlier this week the Mail learned that Ritchie, keen to give his wife the ultimate birthday gift, has given in to her demands to adopt a second Malawian child.

Many of the marital difficulties the couple have experienced over the past year have surrounded the singer's determination to adopt again, and Guy's refusal to give in.

Yet rather than lose his wife for good, the Snatch director has agreed to go ahead with adopting three-year-old Mercy James. Madonna and Ritchie have already adopted Malawian child David Banda and the singer has two other children, a son, Rocco, and a daughter Lourdes.

According to Guinness World Records, Madonna is the most successful female solo artist, selling around 120 million albums and 40 million singles - a combined total of more than any other female
And despite turning 50, it doesn't look like she's planning on slowing down anytime soon.

The pop star, who is renowned for her super-fit and yoga-toned body, is preparing for her Sticky And Sweet world tour.

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